5th World Congress | Barcelona | Tuesday Program
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TU0745-0900Atrium Refreshments       
TU0745-090040.002 Satellite Session  Breakfast with the NHS Economic Evaluation Database Team Members    
TU0745-090040.004 Satellite Session  Meeting of African Health Economists (WHO-AFRO Initiative)    
TU0745-090040.006 Satellite Session  ECHE Planning Meeting (Invitation Only)    
TU0800-1700Atrium:Poster Tuesday Poster Session       
TU0900-100040.0021Health Savings AccountsJack ZwanzigerShowalter, MarkInsurance Choice and Tax-Preferred Health Savings AccountsUnited StatesShowalter Mark, James Cardon  
TU0900-100040.0022 Morgan, DavidHealth accounts shed new light on the public-private mix and health spending patternsFranceDavid Morgan  
TU0900-100040.0023 Vogel, ThomasHealth savings account - Feasibility study in the land of banksSwitzerlandThomas Vogel  
TU0900-100040.0024 Cahuana, LuceroReproductive health accounts: Mexico's experience compared to other countriesMexicoLucero Cahuana, Leticia Avila, Ricardo Perez, Stefano Bertozzi  
TU0900-100040.0041Essential Health CareJoanne SpetzHongoro, CharlesHuman resources and access to essential health services in UgandaUnited KingdomCharles Hongoro, Freddie Ssengooba, Elizeus Rutebemberwa  
TU0900-100040.0042 Nazerali, HanifEscalating medicines costs and the Uganda National Minimum Health Care Package: For health or for profit?UgandaHanif Nazerali, Martin Orukan Oteba  
TU0900-100040.0043 Mubangizi, DeusEssential Hospital Care and Chronic Medication Benefits and their Effect on Affordability of Medical Insurance Contributions in South AfricaSouth AfricaDeus Mubangizi  
TU0900-100040.0044 McFarland, DeborahUniversities and drug research: the experience of Universities Allied for Essential MedicinesUnited StatesNicholas Menzies, Deborah McFarland  
TU0900-100040.0061Practice Profile IIShailender SwaminathanBaker, LaurenceThe Relationship Between Physician Practice Size Treatment Patterns and OutcomesUnited StatesLaurence Baker, Jonathan Ketcham, Donna MacIsaac  
TU0900-100040.0062 Moscovice, IraIs Small Beautiful? Physician Practice in Small Versus Large MarketsUnited StatesIra Moscovice, George Wright  
TU0900-100040.0063 Sophie, BejeanWhat are the GP's practising profiles? An empirical study in two french regionsFranceBejean Sophie, Christine Peyron  
TU0900-100040.0064 Iversen, TorA study of the effect of a change in the mix of capitation and fee-for-service on physicians' practice styleNorwayTor Iversen  
TU0900-100040.0081Private Health InsuranceJohn BrazierFinn, ClaireA dynamic model of private health insurance demand in IrelandIrelandClaire Finn  
TU0900-100040.0082 Costa-Font, JoanThe 'Secession of the Wealthy'? Demand for Private Health Insurance and National Health System SupportUnited KingdomMireia Jofre-Bonet, Joan Costa-Font  
TU0900-100040.0083 Lurie, IthaiThe Effect of State Policies on the Market for Private Non-Group Health InsuranceUnited StatesIthai Lurie, Anthony Lo Sasso  
TU0900-100040.0101Health Labour Supply IIJohn CairnsVujicic, MarkoThe Fiscal Sustainability of Scaling Up the Health Workforce in Africa to Meed the MDGsUnited StatesMarko Vujicic, Pablo Gottret  
TU0900-100040.0102 Kobayashi, YasukiExamination of Spill-over Effects of the Policy Expanding the Number of Medical Schools in JapanJapanYasuki Kobayashi, Satoshi Toyokawa  
TU0900-100040.0103 Normand, CharlesEffectiveness of training in capacity development of human resourcesIrelandCharles Normand, Mustak Iftekhar, Syed Azizur Rahman  
TU0900-100040.0121Risk AdjustmentJohn HuttonDouven, RudyCommunity rated premiums in managed competition: how do health plans set them?NetherlandsRudy Douven, Frederik Schut  
TU0900-100040.0122 Bitran, RicardoRisk pooling insurance self-insurance and self-protection: regional study on politics for protecting the poor from health shocks - the case of ColombiaChileRicardo Bitran, Rodrigo Muñoz  
TU0900-100040.0123 McLeod, HeatherThe Development of a Risk Equalisation Formula in South AfricaSouth AfricaHeather McLeod  
TU0900-100040.1441Economics of HIV/AIDS IJoseph LipscombAracena, BelkisWhich patient and provider characteristics are associated with increased health care costs for people living with HIV/AIDS?MexicoBelkis Aracena, Juan-Pablo Gutierrez, Stefano Bertozzi, Paul Gertler  
TU0900-100040.1442 Booysen, FrikkieHIV/AIDS and the Labor Costs of Caregiving: Evidence from South African Household DataUnited StatesSuzanne McCoskey, Frikkie Booysen  
TU0900-100040.1443 Supakankunti, SiripenCosting of The National Access to Antiretroviral Programs for People Living With HIV and AIDS in ThailandThailandSiripen Supakankunti, Keiko Tsunekawa, Witanee Phetnoi  
TU0900-100040.1461Economics of Health Systems IJuan VargasWranik-Lohrenz, DominikaDeterminants of health system efficiency in OECD countriesCanadaDominika Wranik-Lohrenz  
TU0900-100040.1462 Pedersen, Kjeld MollerTransaction costs in different health care systems: a positive approach to choice of governance modeDenmarkKjeld Moller Pedersen  
TU0900-100040.1463 Stolpe, MichaelHealth Systems in Aging Societies: Economic Efficiency and Directions for ReformGermanyMichael Stolpe  
TU0900-100040.1464 Mannion, RussellAligning incentives and motivations in health care: the case of the English NHSUnited KingdomRussell Mannion, Maria Goddard, Michael Kuhn, Angela Bate  
TU0900-100040.1481Litigation and Penalties in Health CareKai Hong PhuaOlbrich, AnjaHeterogeneous physicians, patients' court costs and the negligence ruleGermanyAnja Olbrich  
TU0900-100040.1482 Grepperud, SverreOptimal error prevention when informal penalties matterNorwaySverre Grepperud  
TU0900-100040.1483 Khan, MahmudThreat of Malpractice Lawsuit Physician Behavior and Health Outcomes: Testing the Presence of Defensive MedicineUnited StatesPraveen Dhankhar, Mahmud Khan, Ila Alam  
TU0900-100040.1484 Frech III, H. E.California's MICRA Reforms: Increasing the Cap on Non-Economic Damages Would Increase the Cost of and Reduce Access to Health CareUnited StatesH. E. Frech III  
TU0900-100040.1501Economics of TransplantsKaren BloorGouveia, MiguelTaxes and Transplants: Public Policies and Live Organ DonationPortugalMiguel Gouveia, Pamela Peele  
TU0900-100040.1502 Votruba, MarkEfficiency-Equity Tradeoffs in Allocating Cadaveric Kidneys based on Antigen MatchUnited StatesMark Votruba  
TU0900-100040.1503 Imai, HirohisaCost-utility analysis for living donor liver transplantation: a single center experience in JapanJapanHirohisa Imai, Kozo Ishida, Katsuhiko Ogasawara  
TU0900-100040.1521Community Health Care FinancingKenneth ChaySinha, TaraAssessing and optimizing the distributional impact of SEWA's community-based health insurance schemeUnited KingdomAnne Mills, Tara Sinha, Michael Ranson, Mirai Chatterjee, Akash Acharya, Ami Bhavsar, Saul Morris  
TU0900-100040.1522 Sree Kulakkal, GodwinWillingness to Participate and Pay for a Rural Community Health Insurance Scheme in Kerala IndiaIndiaGodwin Sree Kulakkal  
TU0900-100040.1523 Quijada, CarolineEffectiveness of Community-based health financing schemes in increasing utilization of reproductive health services (Senegal and Mali)United StatesTania Dmytraczenko, Caroline Quijada, Kimberly Smith, Charlotte Leighton  
TU0900-100040.1541Economics of Supplementary InsuranceLaszlo GulacsiPaolucci, FrancescoSolidarity in competitive markets for voluntary supplementary health insuranceNetherlandsFrancesco Paolucci, Femmeke Prinsze, Piet Stam, Wynand PMM Van den Ven  
TU0900-100040.1542 Perronnin, MarcDoes free supplementary health insurance improve the poor's access to care? Evidence from France.FranceMarc Perronnin  
TU0900-100040.1543 Taylor, AndrewThe demand for PMI in the United Kingdom and the Role of Income A Time Series Cross-Sectional AnalysisUnited KingdomAndrew Taylor  
TU0900-100040.1544 Kim, Seong-OkSelection in Private Insurance Enrollment in KoreaSouth KoreaSeong-Ok Kim  
TU0900-100040.2501Equity and Health IILise RochaixHutchinson, PaulEquity and the Utilization of Health Services in the Eastern Cape South Africa - 1998United StatesPaul Hutchinson, Xoli Mahlalela, Jon Rohde, Heather O'Maonaigh  
TU0900-100040.2502 Jimenez, DoloresInvestigating Equity in Health and Health Care in Decentralised Contexts: the Canadian CaseUnited KingdomDolores Jimenez, Peter Smith, Eddy Van Doorslaer  
TU0900-100040.2503 Spandonaro, FedericoEquity and Fairness of National Health Service in ItalyItalyFrancesco Saverio Mennini  
TU0900-100040.2504 Jansen, EvertjanAssessing the equity of trachoma and trachoma related health careNetherlandsEvertjan Jansen, Rob Baltussen, Eddy van Doorslaer  
TU0900-100040.2521Inequity and Access IWilliam MarderWang, Pen-JenIncome disparities in access to new medication: Lessons from TaiwanTaiwanPen-Jen Wang, Nicole Huang, Yiing-Jenq Chou, Hsing-Pei Kao, Chien-Hsiang Liu, Winnie Yip  
TU0900-100040.2522 Uhanova, JuliaApplication of the Health Care System to Aboriginal versus non-Aboriginal Patients with Chronic Hepatitis CCanadaJulia Uhanova, Douglas J. Tataryn, Gerald Y. Minuk  
TU0900-100040.2523 Ahn, JeonghoonTime Trend Analysis of Impact of Open Access to Second Generation Antipsychotics: California Medicaid (MediCal)United StatesJeonghoon Ahn, Jeffrey McCombs  
TU0900-100040.2541Income and Health IILuke ConnellyCavaco, SandraHealth and Socioeconomic Status: A New Approach to the Simultaneity ProblemDenmarkSandra Cavaco  
TU0900-100040.2542 Balia, SilviaMortality Lifestyle and Socio-Economic StatusUnited KingdomSilvia Balia, Andrew Jones  
TU0900-100040.2543 Etile, FabriceReporting Bias in Self-Assessed Health and the Measurement of Income-related Health Inequities: Evidence from FranceFranceFabrice Etilé, Carine Milcent  
TU0900-100040.2544 Steen Carlsson, KatarinaA note on measuring the impact of congenital disease and treatment on academic achievementSwedenKatarina Steen Carlsson  
TU1000-110040.0021Economics and Information IIMarcelo DelajaraLamiraud, KarineThe impact of information on preferences in different delivery patterns (prescription versus OTC drugs)SwitzerlandKarine Lamiraud, Alberto Holly, Konrade Von Bremen  
TU1000-110040.0022 Penalva, JoseInformation in Insurance cum Stock Markets: the Impact of Genetic TestingSpainJose Penalva  
TU1000-110040.0023 Epstein, AndrewDo Report Cards Add Information? Evidence from Referral Patterns to Cardiac SurgeonsUnited StatesAndrew Epstein  
TU1000-110040.0041Economic Evaluation IIITeh-Wei HuStevens, KatherineHypothesis testing vs Decision making: a real world demonstration of the importance of using the appropriate methodsUnited KingdomKatherine Stevens  
TU1000-110040.0042 Ozdemir, SemraBad Answers to Good Questions: Tradeoffs between Cognitive Burden and Statistical Efficiency in Stated-Choice SurveysUnited StatesSemra Ozdemir, F. Reed Johnson  
TU1000-110040.0043 Watson, VerityTesting the Validity of Discrete Choice ExperimentsUnited KingdomVerity Watson, Mandy Ryan, Emma Watson  
TU1000-110040.0044 Nauenberg, EricDetermination of a Value for Lambda: the Missing Link in the Incremental Net Benefits ApproachCanadaJeffrey Hoch, Ana-Johnson Masotti, Pat Baranek  
TU1000-110040.0061Economics of PhysiciansMaria GoddardNuscheler, RobertGatekeeping in Health CareGermanyRobert Nuscheler, Kurt Brekke, Odd Rune Straume  
TU1000-110040.0062 Fabbri, DanielePrice Elasticity, Income and the Demand for Physician VisitsItalyDaniele Fabbri, Chiara Monfardini  
TU1000-110040.0063 Or, ZeynepImpact of Doctors on Health: an International ComparisonFranceZeynep Or, Jia Wang, Dean Jamison  
TU1000-110040.0064 Constant, AlexandraWill an increasing proportion of female physicians reduce the availability of physician services? Empirical analysisCanadaAlexandra Constant, Pierre-Thomas Leger  
TU1000-110040.0081Contingent ValuationMarty MakinenCurrie, GillianA mixed-methods study examining scope sensitivity within a contingent valuation experimentCanadaGillian Currie, Cam Donaldson, Helen Lee  
TU1000-110040.0082 Pellegrini, SoniaDo patients and the general population give similar responses to contingent valuation standard gamble and time trade-off surveys?SwitzerlandSonia Pellegrini, Florence Mori  
TU1000-110040.0083 Smith, RichardContingent valuation in health care: is there more to it than just health status?United KingdomRichard Smith  
TU1000-110040.0084 Bratt, JohnCriterion Validity of a Contingent Valuation Survey in EgyptUnited StatesJohn Bratt, Nahla Abdel-Tawab, Magdi A. Ibrahim, Mohammed Edrees  
TU1000-110040.0101Willingness-to-Pay IMatilde Pinto MachadoSach, TraceyDo respondents prefer willingness to pay to willingness to accept?United KingdomTracey Sach, David Whynes  
TU1000-110040.0102 Haninger, KevinEmpirical Tests of Willingness to Pay for a Quality-Adjusted Life Year: Results from a Survey of the U.S. PopulationUnited StatesKevin Haninger, James Hammitt  
TU1000-110040.0103 Damschroder, LauraAn alternative open-ended approach for eliciting willingness-to-payUnited StatesLaura Damschroder, Dylan M. Smith, Jennifer Heckendorn, Jason Riis, Peter Ubel  
TU1000-110040.0104 Jareinpituk, SutthiTesting for range bias and mid-point bias when using payment cards to elicit willingness to payThailandSutthi Jareinpituk, Mandy Ryan, John Cairns  
TU1000-110040.0121Economics of Gender InequalitiesMeredith KilgoreLorgelly, PaulaGender Inequalities in Health and Health Care: Need Based or Hypochondria?United KingdomPaula Lorgelly, Joanne Lindley  
TU1000-110040.0122 Mavromaras, KostasInvestigation of the relationship between gender economic status and health statusUnited KingdomKostas Mavromaras  
TU1000-110040.0123 Kim, JaneOptimal Package of Women's Health Services Delivered in a Single Health Care VisitUnited StatesJane Kim, Joshua Salomon, Milton Weinstein, Sue Goldie  
TU1000-110040.1441Economics of Hospital CareMichael DrummondLien, HsienmingHospital Ownership under Universal Health Insurance: Evidence from TaiwanTaiwanHsienming Lien, Shin-Yi Chou, Jin-Tan Liu  
TU1000-110040.1442 Friedman, BarryDeterminants of the Acceleration of Hospital Inpatient Costs in U.S. Metropolitan Areas since 1998United StatesBarry Friedman, Herbert Wong, Claudia Steiner  
TU1000-110040.1443 Bazzoli, GloriaHospital Financial Condition and Operational Decisions Related to Quality of CareUnited StatesGloria Bazzoli, Jan Clement, Richard Lindrooth  
TU1000-110040.1444 Eggleston, KarenHospital Ownership and Performance: An Integrative Research ReviewUnited StatesYu-Chu Shen, Karen Eggleston  
TU1000-110040.1461Disability and WorkMichael GrossmanGannon, BrendaDisability and Labour Force Participation in Ireland 1995-2000IrelandBrenda Gannon  
TU1000-110040.1462 Healey, AndrewPsychosocial development and labour market outcomes in a British Birth CohortUnited KingdomAndrew Healey  
TU1000-110040.1463 Latimer, EricSupported employment for people with severe mental illness: Implications of the first Canadian randomized trialCanadaEric Latimer, Tania Lecomte, Becker Deborah, Robert Drake, Isabelle Duclos, Myra Piat, Nicole Lahaie, Therrien Claude, Marie-Sylvie Haiyi, Xie  
TU1000-110040.1464 Frank, RichardLabor Market Participation, Early Retirement and Disability Insurance Application Among Older Workers: Exploring the Impact of DepressionUnited StatesRena Conti, Ernst Berndt, Richard Frank  
TU1000-110040.1481Economics of Birth ComplicationsMichael ShieldsGoddeeris, JohnEconomic Outcomes in Young Adutlhood of Extremely Low Birth Weight SurvivorsUnited StatesJohn Goddeeris, Saroj Saigal  
TU1000-110040.1482 Ponce, NinezPreterm birth: the interaction of economic hardship with traffic-related air pollution in Los Angeles neighborhoodsUnited StatesNinez Ponce, Katherine Hoggatt, Michelle Wilhelm, Beate Ritz  
TU1000-110040.1483 Lim, StephenEffectiveness and costs of interventions for maternal and neonatal complicationsThailandStephen Lim, Sumi Mehta, Helga Fogstad, Mario Merialdi, Paul Van Look  
TU1000-110040.1501Caring for the Elderly IIVicente OrtunKaambwa, BillingsleyThe Economics of Intermediate Care for Older People: results from a UK national evaluationUnited KingdomBillingsley Kaambwa, Stirling Bryan, Pelham Barton, Hilda Parker, Graham Martin  
TU1000-110040.1502 Laporte, AudreyFrontier Estimation and Ownership: The Case of Ontario's Nursing HomesCanadaAudrey Laporte, Whitney Berta, Vivian Valdmanis  
TU1000-110040.1503 Beeuwkes Buntin, MelindaUse of Post-Acute Care by Nursing Home Residents: How Prevalent and How Appropriate?United StatesMelinda Buntin  
TU1000-110040.1521Effects of Cigarette TaxationMorris BarerGrootendorst, PaulCigarette taxation and obesityCanadaDoreen Au, Paul Grootendorst  
TU1000-110040.1522 Tao, BettyWho Will React to Cigarette Taxes in Poorer Nations? Evidence from Russia and ChinaUnited StatesBetty Tao  
TU1000-110040.1523 Stehr, MarkEstimating the Heterogeneous Effect of Cigarette Tax Increases across Different Populaton GroupsUnited StatesMark Stehr  
TU1000-110040.1541Economics of Clinical Trials IINoelle-Angelique MolinariLeidl, ReinerQuadrant rules vs. net benefit approach: an example of decision making based on the economic evaluation of a clinical trialGermanyReiner Leidl, Bernd Schweikert  
TU1000-110040.1542 Manca, AndreaTo pool or not to pool? The use of Bayesian hierarchical modelling to analyse cost-effectiveness data collected alongside multinational trialsUnited KingdomAndrea Manca, Paul Lambert, Mark Sculpher, Seokyung Hahn, Nigel Rice  
TU1000-110040.1543 Stevens, JohnThe Role of Assurance in Planning Cost-effectiveness TrialsUnited KingdomAnthony O'Hagan, John Stevens, Mike Campbell  
TU1000-110040.1544 Doshi, JalpaEconomic Evaluations within Randomized Controlled Trials: A Review of Studies Published in 2003United StatesJalpa Doshi, Henry Glick, Dan Polsky  
TU1000-110040.2501Inequity and Access IIPau OlivellaLopez-Nicolas, AngelThe evolution of inequity in the access to health care in Spain: 1987-2001SpainAngel Lopez-Nicolas  
TU1000-110040.2502 Ruiz, FernandoSocial Insurance and Health Access Disparities: Results of a Longitudinal Study of Four Colombian CitiesColombiaFernando Ruiz, Gloria O'Meara, Liliana Amaya  
TU1000-110040.2503 Akweongo, PatriciaPoverty and Access to Health Care: A Case Study of Malaria Control Interventions in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern GhanaGhanaPatricia Akweongo, Michael Thiede  
TU1000-110040.2521Welfare EffectsPeter BermanGress, StefanPrice Elasticities and Social Health Insurance Choice in GermanyGermanyGress Stefan, Marcus Tamm, Harald Tauchmann, Juergen Wasem  
TU1000-110040.2522 Schellhorn, MartinWelfare Effects of Choice in Health InsuranceGermanyMartin Schellhorn  
TU1000-110040.2523 Nyman, JohnHealth Insurance Theory: The Case of the Missing Welfare GainUnited StatesJohn Nyman  
TU1000-110040.2524 Pomp, MarcThe elasticity of demand for health insurance: evidence from The NetherlandsNetherlandsMarc Pomp  
TU1000-110040.2541Supplier-Induced Demand IIPedro BarrosWoods, NoelSupplier Inducement in Dental Care: Econometric Evidence from the Irish Dental MarketIrelandNoel Woods  
TU1000-110040.2542 Shih, Ya-ChenDemand-Induced Supply in the Information AgeUnited StatesYa-Chen Shih, Ming Tai-Seale  
TU1000-110040.2543 Aoki, KenDoes the ability of physician to create demand lead to the geographically uneven distribution of medical facilities in Japan?JapanKen Aoki  
TU1100-1145Atrium Poster Viewing + Refreshments       
TU1145-130040.0021Agricultural Policy and Health: An International ViewJoshua Graff ZivinZilberman, DavidBringing Health into Agricultural PolicyUnited StatesDavid Zilberman Sean Cash
TU1145-130040.0022 Goddard, EllenCanadian Agricultural Policy and HealthCanadaEllen Goddard, Sean Cash, Mel Lerohl  
TU1145-130040.0023 Lock, KarenThe EU Common Agricultural Policy and its Impact on Nutrition and Health in EuropeUnited KingdomKaren Lock  
TU1145-130040.0041Medicare's Prospective Payment Systems for Post-Acute CareMurray RossGarrett, BowenPanel SessionUnited States  Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin
TU1145-130040.0042 White, ChapinPanel SessionUnited States   
TU1145-130040.0043 Beeuwkes Buntin, MelindaPanel SessionUnited States   
TU1145-130040.0061Analyses of Medical Malpractice ReformPeter M. GinterDanzon, PatriciaThe "Crisis" in Medical Malpractice InsuranceUnited StatesPatricia Danzon, Andrew Epstein, Scott Johnson Mike Morrisey
TU1145-130040.0062 Sloan, FrankGovernments as Insurers in Professional and Hospital Liability Insurance MarketsUnited StatesFrank Sloan, Charles Eesley  
TU1145-130040.0063 Morrisey, MichaelMalpractice Reform and Employer Sponsored Health InsuranceUnited StatesMichael Morrisey, Meredith Kilgore, Leonard (Jack) Nelson  
TU1145-130040.0081Informal CareEdward C. NortonVan Houtven, CourtneyInformal care and health care expenditures of older adultsUnited StatesCourtney Van Houtven, Edward NortonJose-Luis Fernandez, R. Tamara Konetzka, Hua WangEdward Norton
TU1145-130040.0082 Carmichael, FionaThe longer term costs of informal careUnited KingdomFiona Carmichael, Gemma Connell, Claire Hulme, Sally Sheppard  
TU1145-130040.0083 Forder, JulienPrevention is better than cure? The impact of social services on hospital inpatient admissions for older people in EnglandUnited KingdomJulien Forder, Jose-Luis Fernandez  
TU1145-130040.0101The effect of background characteristics on preferences regarding inequalities in healthPaul DolanTsuchiya, AkiThe effect of background characteristics on preferences regarding inequalities in health: Introduction and methods used in the three studies in the UK, Spain and US (similarities and disparities)United KingdomAki Tsuchiya Aki Tsuchiya
TU1145-130040.0102 Smith, DaveThe effect of background characteristics on preferences regarding inequalities in health: Country specific resultsUnited StatesDave Smith, Richard Meenan, Nancy Vuckovic, Jeff Showell  
TU1145-130040.0103 Abásolo, IgnacioThe effect of background characteristics on preferences regarding inequalities in health: Pooled resultsSpainIgnacio Abásolo  
TU1145-130040.0121Advances in summary measures of population healthChristopher JL MurrayStewart, SusanA new method for calculating the health expectancy of the US population: linking impairments to diseases and health ratingsUnited StatesSusan Stewart, David Cutler, Rebecca Woodward Joshua Salomon
TU1145-130040.0122 Özaltin, EmreImproving comparisons of healthy life expectancy using anchoring vignettesUnited StatesEmre Özaltin, Joshua Salomon, Colin Mathers, Christopher Murray  
TU1145-130040.0123 Fryback, DennisBayesian estimation of quality-adjusted life expectancy using longitudinal observations from the Beaver Dam studiesUnited StatesDennis Fryback, Janel Hanmer, Marjorie Rosenberg, Karen Cruickshanks  
TU1145-130040.0124 Mathers, ColinSummarising the health of populations: a comparison of DALYs and other health gap measuresSwitzerlandColin Mathers, Joshua Salomon, Christopher Murray  
TU1145-130040.1441Endogeneity in Health Econometrics: New Methodological ApproachesWillard G. ManningTerza, JosephGeneralized Linear Models with Endogenous Regressor: A Unified Survey of Methods and Applications in Health EconomicsUnited StatesJoseph Terza Alberto Holly
TU1145-130040.1442 Holly, AlbertoTesting for adverse selection and induced demand in a non-normal simultaneous two-equation modelSwitzerlandAlberto Holly, Yevhen Pentsak  
TU1145-130040.1443 Deb, ParthaPrivate Insurance, Selection, and the Health Care Use: A Bayesian AnalysisUnited StatesPartha Deb, Murat Munkin, Pravin Trivedi  
TU1145-130040.1461The Obesity Crisis: Costs and SolutionsAvi DorCawley, JohnObesity, Disability, and Movement onto the Disability Insurance RollsUnited StatesJohn Cawley, Richard Burkhauser William Encinosa
TU1145-130040.1462 Pereira, JoãoThe Economic Burden of Excess Weight and Obesity in PortugalPortugalJoão Pereira, Céu Mateus  
TU1145-130040.1463 Bernard, DidemObesity: Financial burden, access problems, and costs due to disabilityUnited StatesDidem Bernard, Jessica Banthin  
TU1145-130040.1464 Morris, SteveEndogenous GP supply and obesityUnited KingdomSteve Morris  
TU1145-130040.1465 Encinosa, WilliamBariatric surgery for the obese: physician volume, outcomes, and costsUnited StatesWilliam Encinosa  
TU1145-130040.1481Health Reform in Middle Income Countries in Latin AmericaVerónica VargasErazo, AlvaroDesigning a National Health Package with Explicit GuaranteesChileAlvaro ErazoRandall Ellis, Arturo SchweigerVeronica Vargas
TU1145-130040.1482 Concha, MarisolCatastrophic Expenditure and Co-morbidityChileMarisol Concha, Verónica Vargas  
TU1145-130040.1483 Vélez Cadavid, MauricioCompulsory Health Insurance as a Strategy to Increase Access: the Case from ColombiaColombiaJairo Restrepo, Mauricio Vélez, Manuel Ramírez y Andrés Zambrano  
TU1145-130040.1484 Sojo, AnaEquity in health: Mexico's Health Benefits Guarantee and Quasi-markets in Health Reform in Latin AmericaMexicoAna Sojo  
TU1145-130040.1501Addressing the HIV/TB epidemicCharles HongoroCleary, SusanScaling up or trickling out antiretroviral treatment in South Africa: financial constraints and other mythsSouth AfricaSusan Cleary, Andrew Boulle, Motasim Badri, Leigh Johnson, Robin Wood Lilani Kumaranayake
TU1145-130040.1502 Kumaranayake, LilaniCost-effectiveness of isoniazid preventive therapy of averting tuberculosis among HIV-infected employees in South Africa: evaluation of a randomised interventionUnited KingdomLilani Kumaranayake, Katherine Fielding, Alison Grant, Surita Roux, Salome Charalambous, John Day, Gavin Churchyard  
TU1145-130040.1503 Sinanovic, EdinaScaling up different public-private partnership models of tuberculosis intervention in South AfricaSouth AfricaEdina Sinanovic, Lilani Kumaranayake  
TU1145-130040.1521Applied risk-adjustmentNorbert GoldfieldBerlinguet , MarcPanel SessionUnited States  Norbert Goldfield
TU1145-130040.1522 Ibern, PerePanel SessionSpain   
TU1145-130040.1523 Vertrees, JamesPanel SessionUnited States   
TU1145-130040.1541Catastrophic Out-of-pocket Health ExpenditureDavid Evansvan Doorslaer, EddyPaying out-of-pocket for health care in Asia: Catastrophic and poverty impactNetherlandsEddy van Doorslaer, Members of the EQUITAP project David Evans
TU1145-130040.1542 O'Donnell, OwenCatastrophic health payments: Explanation and interpretationGreeceOwen O'Donnell, Members of the EQUITAP project  
TU1145-130040.1543 Xu, KeCatastrophic expenditure in Uganda: impact of the abolition of user feesSwitzerlandKe Xu, David Evans, Patrick Kadama, Nabyonga Juliet, Peter Ogwang Ogwal, Pamela Nabukhonzo  
TU1145-130040.2501Measuring the household budget constraint: issues for low and middle income countriesStephen BirchMcElroy, BrendanAn economic perspective on measuring wealth in low and middle income countriesIrelandBrendan McElroy, Virginia Wiseman, Lesong Conteh, Fred MatovuJan Abel OlsenVirginia Wiseman
TU1145-130040.2502 Skordis, JoleneComparing alternative measures of household income: Evidence from the Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain surveyUnited KingdomJolene Skordis, Matthew Welch  
TU1145-130040.2503 Onwujekwe, ObinnaInterquantile ratios versus concentration indices as criterion for assessing levels of inequityNigeriaObinna Onwujekwe, Benjamin Uzochukwu  
TU1145-130040.2504 Ranson, KentDevelopment of a composite indicator for the rapid assessment of socio-economic statusUnited KingdomKent Ranson  
TU1145-130040.2521Consequences of Government Tobacco PoliciesMichael GrossmanTrogdon, JustinLitigation and the Political Clout of the Tobacco Companies: Cigarette Taxes, Prices, and the Master Settlement AgreementAustraliaFrank Sloan, Justin TrogdonMatthew Farrelly, Rosalie Pacula, Ted JoyceDahlia Remler
TU1145-130040.2522 Remler, DahliaVertical Equity Consequences of Very High Cigarette Tax Increases: If the Poor are the Ones Smoking, How Could Cigarette Tax Increases be Progressive?United StatesDahlia Remler, Greg Colman  
TU1145-130040.2523 Meara, EllenThe Effect of the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement on Prenatal Smoking and Birth Weight OutcomesUnited StatesEllen Meara, Douglas Levy  
TU1145-130040.2541Health and the Labor MarketAlan C. MonheitBradley, CathyShort-term Effects of Breast Cancer on Labor Market Attachment: Results from a Longitudinal StudyUnited StatesCathy Bradley, David Neumark, Heather Bednarek, Maryjean SchenkTom Van Ourti, John WildmanCathy Bradley
TU1145-130040.2542 Farley Short, PamelaUsing Instrumental Variables to Estimate Income Disparities in the Quality of Life of Cancer SurvivorsUnited StatesPamela Farley Short, Erin Mallonee  
TU1145-130040.2543 Cutler, DavidAutopsy on an Empire: Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet UnionUnited StatesDavid Cutler, Elizabeth Brainerd  
TU1300-1400Atrium Lunch       
TU1400-151540.0021Decentralization in Health Care - Exploring Theory and EvidenceGuillem Lopez i CasasnovasGoddard, MariaWhat is the optimal level of decentralization in health care? An economics perspectiveUnited KingdomMaria Goddard, Peter Smith, Guillem Lopez-Casasnovas Maria Goddard
TU1400-151540.0022 Magnussen, JonThe uncertain economics of (de-)centralization: A case study from NorwayNorwayJon Magnussen  
TU1400-151540.0023 Hurley, JeremiahThe Canadian Experience with Devolved Governance: An Economic PerspectiveCanadaJeremiah Hurley  
TU1400-151540.0041Economics of ObesityLan LiangSturm, RolandWeight Gain In Elementary School Children and Metropolitan Area Food PricesUnited StatesRoland Sturm, Ashlesha DatarJenny Williams, Michael GrossmanLisa Powell
TU1400-151540.0042 Powell, LisaAccess to Community Physical Activity-related Settings and Youth ObesityUnited StatesLisa Powell, Frank Chaloupka, Sandy Slater  
TU1400-151540.0043 Rashad, InasFast Food Advertising on Television and Its Influence on Childhood ObesityUnited StatesShin-Yi Chou, Inas Rashad, Michael Grossman  
TU1400-151540.0044 Lakdawalla, DariusFood Prices, Nutrition, and HealthUnited StatesDarius Lakdawalla, Tomas Philipson  
TU1400-151540.0061The Effect of Hospital Closure and Regionalization on Patients and Social WelfareWilliam WhiteJacobson, MireilleHow far to the hospital? The effect of hospital closures on access to careUnited StatesMireille Jacobson, Thomas Buchmueller, Cheryl Wold Richard Lindrooth
TU1400-151540.0062 Richardson Vigdor, ElizabethThe Impact of Urban Hospital Closures on HealthUnited StatesElizabeth Richardson Vigdor  
TU1400-151540.0063 Lindrooth, RichardHospital Closure and Economic EfficiencyUnited StatesRichard Lindrooth, Cory Capps, David Dranove  
TU1400-151540.0064 Ho, VivianRegionalization versus Competition in Complex Cancer SurgeryUnited StatesVivian Ho, Robert Town, Martin Heslin  
TU1400-151540.0081The Effect of Universal Health Insurance on HealthDaniel PolskyDobkin, CarlosThe impact of nearly universal insurance coverage on health care utilization and health: Evidence from MedicareUnited StatesDavid Card, Carlos Dobkin, Nicole MaestasJose J. Escarce, Willard G. ManningDan Polsky
TU1400-151540.0082 Decker, SandraHow Much Does Universal Health Insurance Reduce Socioeconomic Disparities In Health? A Comparison of The US And CanadaUnited StatesSandra Decker, Dahlia Remler  
TU1400-151540.0083 Landrum, Mary BethThe Impact of Medicare's Implementation on Health Outcomes and Disparities Among the ElderlyUnited StatesEllen Meara, Mary Beth Landrum, Benjamin Cook  
TU1400-151540.0101Using rank and discrete choice data to derive QALYs - methods and resultsJennifer RobertsSalomon, JoshuaModeling cardinal health-state valuations based on ordinal ranking data: new approaches and findings from a multi-country survey studyUnited StatesJoshua Salomon Aki Tsuchiya
TU1400-151540.0102 McCabe, ChristopherEstimating population cardinal health state valuation models from individual ordinal (rank) health state preference dataUnited KingdomChristopher McCabe  
TU1400-151540.0103 Tsuchiya, AkiUsing discrete choice experiments to estimate Quality adjusted life years: the issues and methodological approachesUnited KingdomJohn Brazier, Julie Ratcliffe, Aki Tsuchiya  
TU1400-151540.0104 Brazier, JohnA comparison of Ranking, DCE and TTO estimated utilities for health states derived from a disease specific quality of life instrumentUnited KingdomJulie Ratcliffe, John Brazier, Martyn Brown, Tara Symonds  
TU1400-151540.0121Economics of Scaling Up Vaccination ProgramsDean JamisonBrenzel, LoganCost and Production of Immunization ProgramsUnited StatesLogan BrenzelDeborah A. McFarland, Philip Musgrove, Philip BeutelsLogan Brenzel
TU1400-151540.0122 Bishai, DavidThe Economics of Scaling Up Vaccination Coverage: Cost Data from Financial Sustainability PlansUnited StatesDavid Bishai, Michael McQuestion, Alyssa Wigton, Rochika Chaudhry  
TU1400-151540.0123 Edmunds, JohnInequalities and immunizationUnited KingdomJohn Edmunds  
TU1400-151540.1441Economic Evaluation of Health Information TechnologiesRoger FeldmanSimcoe, TimThe Health and Financial Impacts of a Disease Management ProgramCanadaTim Simcoe, Paul Gertler Roger Feldman
TU1400-151540.1442 McCullough, JeffreyFirm Boundaries in Health Care Delivery Systems: Physician-Hospital Integration and Information TechnologyUnited StatesJeffrey McCullough  
TU1400-151540.1443 Furukawa, MichaelManaged Care and Diffusion of Hospital Information SystemsUnited StatesMichael Furukawa  
TU1400-151540.1444 Parente, StephenThe Impact of Internet on Medical Care Use and Cost in Consumer Driven Health PlanUnited StatesStephen Parente, Roger Feldman, Jon Christianson  
TU1400-151540.1461Parallel Trade in Pharmaceutical MarketsAslam AnisBerndt, ErnstPanel SessionUnited States bernardf@usp.brAslam Anis
TU1400-151540.1462 Calfee , JohnPanel SessionUnited States   
TU1400-151540.1463 Danzon, PatriciaPanel SessionUnited States   
TU1400-151540.1464 Hollis, AidanPanel SessionCanada   
TU1400-151540.1465 Towse, AdrianPanel SessionUnited Kingdom   
TU1400-151540.1481The Impacts of Cost Sharing On Low-Income PopulationsMaureen LewisSchneider, PiaHorizontal Equity in Utilization of Care and Fairness of Health Financing: A Comparison of Community-based Health Insurance and User Fees in RwandaUnited StatesPia SchneiderMatthew Jowett, Robert KaestnerGenevieve Kenney
TU1400-151540.1482 Kenney, GenevieveThe Impacts of Health Insurance Premiums on Low-income Children in the United StatesUnited StatesGenevieve Kenney  
TU1400-151540.1483 Chawla, MukeshInformal Health Payments in Georgia: Trends and DeterminantsUnited StatesMukesh Chawla, Maureen Lewis  
TU1400-151540.1501Linking resources to results: budgeting, costing and tracking expenditures on health prioritiesOlusoji AdeyiEvans, DavidScaling up the provision of health interventions: Costing toolsSwitzerlandDavid Evans Tania Dmytraczenko
TU1400-151540.1502 Soucat, AgnesMarginal Budgeting for BottlenecksUnited StatesAgnes Soucat  
TU1400-151540.1503 Dmytraczenko, TaniaTracking disease-specific expendituresUnited StatesTania Dmytraczenko, Susna De  
TU1400-151540.1521Asian Health Systems in Transition - Health Care Financing and Payment ReformsRachel LuPhua, Kai HongPanel SessionSingapore  Phua Kai Hong
TU1400-151540.1522 Kwon, SoonmanPanel SessionSouth Korea   
TU1400-151540.1522 Hasegawa, TomonoriPanel SessionJapan   
TU1400-151540.1523 Lim, Meng KimPanel SessionSingapore   
TU1400-151540.1524 Hu, ShanlianPanel SessionChina   
TU1400-151540.1541Health Disparities: Evidence from Four Developing CountriesNigel RiceYip, WinnieDoes social standing affect health and happiness in rural China?United StatesWinnie Yip, Nancy AdlerTim EnsorWinnie Yip
TU1400-151540.1542 Jamison, JulianRelationship of objective and subjective socioeconomic status and health among poor Mexican womenUnited StatesJulian Jamison, Lia Fernald, Heather Burke, Nancy Adler  
TU1400-151540.1543 Sevilla, JaypeeEducation and HIV risk in a rural South African populationUnited StatesJaypee Sevilla  
TU1400-151540.1544 Roy, KakoliGender and Socioeconomic Differences in Health Status among the Elderly in IndiaUnited StatesKakoli Roy, David Howard, Anoshua Chaudhuri  
TU1400-151540.2501International uses of risk adjustment to improve health care financing systemsRandall P. EllisAntioch, KathrynRisk Adjustment Policy Options for Casemix Funding: International Lessons in Financing ReformAustraliaKathryn Antioch, Randall Ellis, Steve Gillett, Daniel Borovnicar, Ric MarshallElizabeth Savage, James F. Burgess, Jr., Juergen Wasem,Kathryn Antioch
TU1400-151540.2502 Holly, AlbertoA New Health-Based Risk Adjustment Model for Switzerland Using Medical Information From Prior HospitalisationsSwitzerlandAlberto Holly, Lucien Gardiol, Yves Eggli, Tarik Yalcin, Tiago Ribeiro  
TU1400-151540.2503 Nagy, BalazsDevelopment of risk adjusted capitation payment system for Hungarian Managed Care OrganizationsHungaryBalazs Nagy, Csaba Dozsa, Laszlo Gilicze, Imre Boncz, Csilla Reszegi, Zsofia Falusi, Laszlo Gulacsi, Malcolm Whitfield  
TU1400-151540.2521Public Policies and Private Health Insurance: An International ComparisonThomas C. BuchmuellerAtherly, AdamThe Effect of Private Insurance on Avoidable Hospitalizations by Medicare BeneficiariesUnited StatesAdam Atherly, Steven CullerFrancesca ColomboTom Buchmueller
TU1400-151540.2522 Nolan, BrianThe Interaction of Public and Private Health Insurance: Ireland as a Case StudyIrelandBrian Nolan  
TU1400-151540.2523 Rodriguez, MarisolThe Effect of Changes in Tax Relief for Private Health Insurance in SpainSpainMarisol Rodriguez, Alexandrina Stoyanova  
TU1400-151540.2541Health Policy In Latin America: Old Problems And New ChallengesJuan Rafael VargasRios, PabloPublic and Private Costs Of HIV/AIDS Treatments in Buenos Aires CityArgentinaPablo Rios, Adriana María Basombrio Aristides Torche
TU1400-151540.2542 Torche, AristidesDeterminants of the Demand for Drugs in ChileChileAristides Torche  
TU1400-151540.2543 Couttolenc, BernardEfficiency in Brazilian Hospitals: An Application of DEABrazilBernard Couttolenc, AC Nicolella, LHC Souza Dias, S Fatheazam, CA Machado  
TU1515-1545Atrium Refreshments       
TU1545-170040.0021Promised Land or False Hopes? The Role of Economic Incentives in Pharmacogenetic ApplicationsPatricia M. DanzonTowse, AdrianPanel SessionUnited Kingdom  Adrian Towse
TU1545-170040.0022 Garrison, LouPanel SessionUnited States   
TU1545-170040.0023 Veenstra, DavidPanel SessionUnited States   
TU1545-170040.0041Productivity in the public health sector in developing countriesTim EnsorWalker, DamianThe efficiency of health centres in rural BangladeshUnited KingdomDamian WalkerAndrew Street, Joe KutzinTim Ensor
TU1545-170040.0042 Somanathan, AparnaaProductivity differentials in the public health sector in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri LankaSri LankaAparnaa Somanathan, Ravindra Rannan-Eliya, Badri Raj Pande  
TU1545-170040.0043 Rannan-Eliya, RavindraProductivity change in non-OECD public sector health systems, 1946-2002Sri LankaRavindra Rannan-Eliya  
TU1545-170040.0061Estimating the Impact of Consumer Driven Health Plans as a New Form of Health InsuranceStephen T ParenteAbraham, JeanAssessing the Impact of Health Savings Accounts on Insurance and Coverage CostsUnited StatesJean Abraham, Stephen Parente, Jon Christianson, Roger FeldmanHelen Levy, Jeffrey S. McCullough, Michael F. FurukawaStephen Parente
TU1545-170040.0062 Feldman, RogerThe Expenditure and Utilization Impact of Consumer Driven Health Plans offered by Multiple Firms in National Markets Compared to Managed CareUnited StatesRoger Feldman, Stephen Parente, Jon Christianson  
TU1545-170040.0063 Christianson, JonPersonal Care Accounts in Consumer Directed Health Plans: How Are They Perceived and Used?United StatesJon Christianson, Stephen Parente, Roger Feldman, Ruth Taylor  
TU1545-170040.0081Applications of Innovations in Risk Adjustment Methodology on Health ProvidersClara DismukeSloan, KevinRisk adjustment for provider profiling - alternative models, additional considerationsUnited StatesKevin Sloan, Paul Fishman, James Burgess Jr, Xiao-Hua (Andrew) Zhou, Chuan ZhouClara (Libby) Dismuke, Partha Deb, Randall EllisJames Burgess
TU1545-170040.0082 Wasem, JuergenOutpatient diagnostic information or drug codes? Risk adjustment for paying health insurers - conceptual issues and empirical results for GermanyGermanyJuergen Wasem, Corinne Behrend, Stefan Greß, Karl Lauterbach, Markus Lüngen, Peter Reschke, Guido Schiffhorst, Wilhelm Schräder, Stephanie Sehlen, Stephanie Stock  
TU1545-170040.0083 Burgess, JamesIssues in Evaluating Alternative Risk Assessment Models: Evidence from the US Veterans PopulationUnited StatesKevin Sloan, James Burgess Jr, Xiao-Hua (Andrew) Zhou, Chuan Zhou  
TU1545-170040.0101Market integration and control of pharmaceutical expendituresXavier Martinez-GiraltPita Barros, PedroHow to share internationally the development of new drugs?PortugalPedro Pita Barros, Xavier Martinez-GiraltMiguel GouveiaPedro Pita Barros
TU1545-170040.0102 Olivella, PauInternationally-based price regulation and price negotiation patternsSpainPau Olivella, Begoña Garcia Mariñoso, Izabela Jelovac  
TU1545-170040.0103 Mariñoso, Begoña GarciaA rationale for an internationally based pricing regulation of pharmaceuticals and its relationship with the sequence of multinational drug launchesUnited KingdomBegoña Garcia Mariñoso, Pau Olivella  
TU1545-170040.0121How Does your Neighborhood Affect Your Mental Health? The Influence of Social Capital and Socioeconomic EnvironmentMartin KnappScheffler, RichardCommunity Social Capital and Mental Health in the United StatesUnited StatesTimothy Brown, Richard Scheffler Susan Ettner
TU1545-170040.0122 Yip, WinnieDoes Social Capital Protect Psychological Well-Being in Rural China? A Multi-level AnalysisUnited StatesWinnie Yip, Ichiro Kawachi, SV Subramanian, Dominic Lee  
TU1545-170040.0123 Ettner, SusanDo Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics Influence Psychiatric Treatment Patterns and Outcomes Among Managed Behavioral Healthcare Patients? A Multi-Level Modeling Approach.United StatesSusan Ettner, Alfonso Ang, Edward Jones  
TU1545-170040.1441Scaling up AIDS, TB and Malaria Service Delivery: The Role of the Private SectorKara HansonGoodman, CatherineCompetition in the retail market for malaria treatment in rural TanzaniaUnited KingdomCatherine Goodman, Patrick Kachur, Salim Abdulla, Anne Mills, Peter Boland Kara Hanson
TU1545-170040.1442 Stephen, GodloveScaling up malaria interventions using the private sector: results of a voucher scheme in Tanzania (Godlove Stephen, Ifakara Centre)TanzaniaGodlove Stephen, Jo Ann Mulligan, Eve Worrall, Kara Hanson, Eliakim Mtawa, Samwell Ebenezeri  
TU1545-170040.1443 Muirhead, DebbieEconomies of scale and scope in a large employer provided antiretroviral programme in South Africa - extending access beyond the employeeSouth AfricaDebbie Muirhead, Lilani Kumaranayake, Francisco Pozo-Martin, Salome Charamlambous, Othia Letlape, Alison Grant, Gavin Churchyard   
TU1545-170040.1444 Levin, CarolUtilization of TB control services in Kenya: choosing the private sectorUnited StatesChristy Hanson, Carol Levin, Kevin Frick, John Mansoe  
TU1545-170040.1461Health Reporting Heterogeneity and the Measurement of Health InequalityEddy van DoorslaerGakidou, EmmanuelaDoes correcting for differential use of response categories affect the measurement of between-group and within-group health inequalities?United StatesEmmanuela Gakidou, Joshua Salomon, Christopher Murray Owen O'Donnell
TU1545-170040.1462 Bago d'Uva, TeresaDoes reporting heterogeneity bias health inequality measurement?United KingdomMaarten Lindeboom, Owen O'Donnell, Somnath Chatterjis, Eddy van Doorslaer, Teresa Bago d'Uva  
TU1545-170040.1463 Salomon, JoshuaThe impact of variability in health state valuations on measurement of health inequalitiesUnited StatesJoshua Salomon, Emmanuela Gakidou, Christopher Murray  
TU1545-170040.1464 Hernandez Quevedo, CristinaReporting bias and heterogeneity in self-assessed health. Evidence from the British Household Panel SurveyUnited KingdomAndrew Jones, Nigel Rice, Cristina Hernandez Quevedo  
TU1545-170040.1481Economic Incentives for Quality in Health CareThomas G. McGuireGlazer, JacobOptimal Quality Reporting in Markets for Health PlansIsraelJacob Glazer, Thomas McGuire Tom McGuire
TU1545-170040.1482 Beaulieu, NancyWhy is the Quality of Medical Care So Poor?United StatesNancy Beaulieu, David Cutler, Kate Ho  
TU1545-170040.1483 Frank, RichardPay for Performance, Quality Improvement and Multitasking: Results from a Natural ExperimentUnited StatesMeredith Rosenthal, Richard Frank, Arnold Epstein  
TU1545-170040.1501On the Use of Stated-Preference Methods for Preference ElicitationPeter ZweifelTelser, HarryValidity and Reliability of Willingness-to-Pay-Estimates: Evidence from Two Overlapping Discrete-Choice ExperimentsSwitzerlandHarry Telser, Karolin Becker, Peter Zweifel Peter Zweifel
TU1545-170040.1502 Gyrd-Hansen, DorteStated Preferences for Specialized Nurse Home Visits using Graded Pairs Comparison: How to Analyse Data?DenmarkDorte Gyrd-Hansen, Mickael Bech, Jørgen Lauridsen  
TU1545-170040.1503 Johnson, F. ReedHealth Utility or Real Utility? Using Stated-Preference Methods to Build a Better QALYUnited StatesF. Reed Johnson, George van Houtven  
TU1545-170040.1521Productivity costs in economic evaluation of health careHans SeverensKoopmanschap, MarcProdisq: A Modular Questionnaire On Productivity And Disease For Economic Evaluation Studies In Patient Settings And Organisational SettingsNetherlandsMarc Koopmanschap, Willem Jan Meerding, Silvia Evers, Hans Severens, Lex Burdorf, Werner BrouwerSean Nicholson, Marc Sculpher, Willem Jan MeerdingSilvia Evers
TU1545-170040.1522 Evers, SilviaCorrecting For Compensating Mechanisms Related To Productivity Costs In Economic Evaluations Of Health Care ProgramsNetherlandsSilvia Evers, Hans Severens, Karin Jacob-Tacken, Marc Koopmanschap, Willem Jan Meerding  
TU1545-170040.1523 Brouwer, WernerThe Incorporation Of Income Effects In Health State Valuations: Do Explicit Instructions Matter?NetherlandsMarieke Krol, Werner Brouwer, Pedram Sendi  
TU1545-170040.1524 Dirksen, CarmenDifficulties In Calculating Productivity Costs For Patients With Borderline Personality DisorderNetherlandsThea van Asselt, Hans Severens, Carmen Dirksen, Arnoud Arntz  
TU1545-170040.1541Technological Change in Health Care (TECH) : An Application to AMIMaria RaikouBech, MickaelThe Diffusion of Medical Technology and the Role of RegulationDenmarkMickael Bech, Terkel ChristiansenJoseph P. NewhouseAlistair McGuire
TU1545-170040.1542 Häkkinen, UntoRegional differences in the outcome from the treatment of AMI patientsFinlandUnto Häkkinen, Gunnar Rosenqvist  
TU1545-170040.1543 Atella, VincenzoCost indices and productivity measurement in AMIItalyVincenzo Atella, Franco Peracchi, Domenico De Palo, Claudio Rossetti  
TU1545-170040.1544 Gardiol, LucienTechnological Change in Health Care (TECH) Research Network: Econometric methodsSwitzerlandAlberto Holly, Lucien Gardiol, Jacques Huguenin  
TU1545-170040.2521Feasibility and pitfalls in applying cost-effectiveness simulation models of chronic diseases in developed countries to economic evaluation in developing countriesPing ZhangClarke, PhilipMethodological and empirical issues in modeling health outcomes of treatments for chronic disease across countriesUnited KingdomPhilip ClarkeDavid EvansPing Zhang
TU1545-170040.2522 Glick, HenryIssues and pitfalls related to estimating the cost of intervention in applying cost-effectiveness model from developed countries to developing countriesUnited StatesHenry Glick  
TU1545-170040.2523 Imai, KumikoApplying the diabetes cost-effectiveness model developed by the U.S. Centers Disease Control and Prevention to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of Brazil's National Diabetes Screening ProgramUnited StatesKumiko Imai, Ping Zhang  
TU1545-170040.2541Economic aspects of regulating the pharmaceutical sector in low- and middle-income countriesDi McIntyreMeng, QingyueThe Impact of China's Retail Drug Price Control Policy on Hospital ExpendituresChinaQingyue MengHengjin DongMichael Thiede
TU1545-170040.2542 Rehnberg, ClasRegulation and International Diffusion of Pharmaceuticals: the case of Uganda and South Africa.SwedenClas Rehnberg, Deus Mubangizi  
TU1545-170040.2543 Thiede, MichaelFighting wars and winning battles: Regulating medicine prices in South AfricaSouth AfricaMichael Thiede, Di McIntyre  
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TU2015-2115Congress Centre Reception       
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